PEREGRINE EARTHWORMS (CLITELLATA: LUMBRICIDAE) FROM BULGARIA AND TURKEY
METE MISIRLIOĞLU1, HRISTO VALCHOVSKI2* , RALITSA TSEKOVA3
1-Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, 26480 Eskişehir, Turkey.
2-Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection “N. Poushkarov”, 7 Shosse Bankya Str., 1080 Sofia, Bulgaria.
3-Sofia University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, 8 Dragan Tzankov blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
* Corresponding author: h_valchovski@abv.bg
Keywords: Earthworms, Lumbricidae, Peregrine, Bulgaria, Turkey
Abstract: In this paper we summarize the knowledge on peregrine earthworm fauna from the entire area of Bulgaria and Turkey. The peregrine lumbricids from Bulgaria and Turkey contains 16 taxa belonging to 7 genera. The most common peregrine taxa of Bulgaria are: Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826), Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), Aporrectodea trapezoides, Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843, Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 and Octolasion lacteum (Örley, 1881). The most common peregrine earthworm taxa of Turkey are: Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826), Dendrobaena veneta veneta (Rosa, 1884), Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826), and Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843.